Landscapes of decadence : literature and place at the fin de siécle / Alex Murray.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murray, Alex, 1980- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature, Modern--19th century--History and criticism.

Literature, Modern.

Literature, Modern--20th century--History and criticism.

Decadence (Literary movement).

Politics and literature--History--19th century.

Politics and literature.

Politics and literature--History--20th century.

History.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Physical Description:

vi, 230 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

Summary:

"The challenges posed by Decadence to Victorian moral conventions - particularly sexual - have been well documented, but this book makes the case for understanding Decadence as a response to the ways in which place was accorded moral value in the period. The book uses landscape as a key trope for exploring Decadent writing's approach to location and identity. Drawing on a wide range of fin de siecle literature organised around a series of locations from Naples to New York, Murray argues that Decadent writers developed a form of landscape and place-based writing using a series of stylistic features to challenge the increasing homogenisation of both place and literary culture. Decadence and the literature of the fin de siecle are re-framed as a politically-engaged form of landscape writing. This is an ambitious and richly researched study." Dust Jacket.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-225) and index.

ISBN:

9781107169661

1107169666

OCLC:

953980666